wayne hay is outside the imperial palace in tokyo in the rain that's wayne hey let's now talk to nancy snow who's professor of public diplomacy at curator university of foreign studies and she's also in tokyo but thankfully inside nancy we talked a little bit then about the reign of. and it's the chrysanthemum throne so does narita the son now inherit the chrysanthemum throne or is it a new era completely. well the son has said that he was continue the progressive brain of his father we have so many questions though going forward will the sun actually expand on his interest in the environment some have speculated that perhaps he will get involved in climate change you know japan is a great supporter of the united nations sustainable development goals and i could see this new emperor actually shepherding that along because as i was saying in the earlier segment japan is at a unique location and that they're dealing with a lot of problems that are going to come around the corner and other countries so as a global leader as the world's third largest economy is really a cultural superpower and

will be the first time there's been an abdication to two hundred years right now we can speak to nancy snow who's a professor of public diplomacy at kirkuk a university of foreign studies and she's joining us from. thank you very much indeed for talking to us we're talking about this is being the start of a new era how would you define the era of akihito. it was quite extraordinary he really set a different tone all together from his father the imperial war emperor hirohito and akihito became the emperor of the people along with his wife the empress michiko they were super popular with the japanese people because they had the common touch they were always there to comfort and console people in a country that lives through a lot of natural disasters they also went abroad and they represented a more moderating tone about more reconciliation between japan and some of its neighbors not delving into politics but offering an acknowledgment of what you pan had been during the war time it's an incredible moment for japan because where year out and some months from tokyo twenty twenty japan will hos

people he seems to have achieved that all right wayne hale live for us and tokyo let's now go to nancy snow she's a professor of public diplomacy at university of foreign studies also and tokyo thank you so much for your time so how would you characterize the role of the emperor. well i think we're in a new era now so we we've seen the abdication of the past emperor and we've got a new generation going forward they're going to have a lot of questions to answer because there was the juxtaposition of prime minister speaking and then emperor akihito talking about peace and tranquility and we know that this government this administration has been pushing for an updated. position on japan security framework to have a more normalized relationship with the world which could mean a more assertive japanese military and you have this push back soft as it is from the royal family which has been about the continuity of the peace brand of japan for over seventy years so what can the new emperor do he's already said that he will continue their traditions his father so whether he will push even further ma